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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Minimalist
19th Century French Portrait of a Nun in her Habit Large Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nun French School, 19th century oil on canvas, simple wooden slip frame framed: 27.5 x 20 inches canvas: 27 x 19.75 inches provenance: private collection, Champagne reg...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Charming Victorian interior scene of a blacksmith enjoying a drink
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very characterful image of a farrier or blacksmith enjoying a drink in an interior. Alfred H Green (working 1844-1878) A farrier in an interior enjoying a drink Signed Oil on boar...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Victorian landscape painting of Scottish fishing boats moored in a bay
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very tranquil scene of fishing boats moored in harbour with a sunlit sea beyond. Painted with a most attractive palette of blues and greens and with a pleasing composition that le...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Another love'"Jorunn Mulen, Original Figurative Portrait Painting, Affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
Jorunn Mulen was inspired by love. A chance encounter in an Italian cafe or an antique photograph at a London flea market can each become a part of her visual capture. Her poetic por...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood

19th Century Oil Painting of a Market Scene by H. C. Bryant
By Henry Charles Bryant
Located in London, GB
19th century oil painting of a market scene by H. C. Bryant English, 1877 Canvas: Height 51cm, width 76.5cm Frame: Height 68cm, width 93.5cm, depth 5cm Painted by the English artis...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lost in the Clouds by Jim Seitz, Square Tree Painting with Gold Leaf
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Lost in the Clouds' is a large acrylic and gold leaf on canvas landscape painting of square format created by American artist Jim Seitz in 2023. Featuring a gold, grey, white and blue palette, the painting gives great importance to the white tree. The lower part of the composition is occupied by the golden presence of the ground, accented by a luminous tree that leads our eye to the middle of the painting. Unframed, this horizontal landscape painting is signed lower right. Jim Seitz was born in Chicago and currently resides in Louisiana. He grew up in Texas and graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He began showing talent and love for art as a young child, becoming more serious during his college years. During the time he worked for the university, providing medical illustrations for the Science Department, He has traveled extensively throughout his life, living for several years in the Middle East, before moving to South East Asia. His travel experiences have included everything from cave explorations in the mountains of Iran to working in the jungles of New Guinea and Borneo. His preferred medium during that time was ink and watercolor, as it was easy to transport to and from remote locations. While influenced by various 19th century landscape artists, Jim has developed a unique technique characterized by tonal, minimalist representation of his subject matter. Through this approach, less becomes more. His appreciation for color and his creative perspective lend to pieces that are traditional, moving to abstract. His utilization of gold leaf applied over heavy textured canvas and then glazed with multiple layers of acrylics provides an effect that is quickly becoming this artist’s signature style. Jim’s work...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Scottish 19th century Highland landscape, with a figure and cattle on a pathway
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Scottish 19th century Highland landscape, with a figure and cattle on a pathway overlooking a Loch This piece is signed lower right and is framed in a Vintage Gold Leaf fr...
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

English early 20th century portrait of two dogs, terriers in a landscape
By Lilian Cheviot
Located in Woodbury, CT
Investing in a late 20th-century Victorian-style portrait of two terrier dogs in a landscape is an opportunity to bring a touch of nostalgic charm and timeless elegance into your liv...
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1980s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood

19th century English marine Sailing scene of Dutch fishing boats by a harbor
By Henry King Taylor
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry King Taylor was a marine and coastal scene painter who lived in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1859 to 1864 with titles includi...
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique oil 19th century View of Venice, The Grand Canal Venice
By William Meadows
Located in Woodbury, CT
View of the Grand Canal in Venice by one of England's best-known landscape and Venetian painters. This example is a very well-painted piece and is a great composition. It is framed in an English Classic running pattern frame. Tracing the story of William Meadows, the son of James Meadows, is sometimes a little difficult. In earlier census returns he gave his place of birth as Epping, but in later census returns he said that he was born in Mountnessing in about 1825. Between 1841 and 1901 William is recorded as William James, William George, and in 1881 simply as George, and these apparent changes of name were explained by a chaotic personal life which contrasts with his tranquil paintings of the English countryside and Venice. An entry in The Fine Arts Journal in 1847, concerning the Theatre Royal, Dumfries, reveals that "The scene-painter is Mr. W.J.Meadows, the son of Mr. Meadows, of the Surrey”. Initially, William had begun his career by following in the family footsteps at one of the theatres where his grandfather had performed. However, his training as a scene painter most probably came closer to home under his father's tuition, possibly at The Lyceum Theatre in London in 1844. (See the previous page on James Meadows for further details). In 1850, William married Lydia Maria Jarvis (born in Norwich c.1826) at St Pancras Old Church, close to St Pancras Station in London. By the time that the census was taken the following year, William and Lydia were living at 16, High Street in Poole, Dorset. So far it has been not been possible to identify a census entry for 1861 for the couple. However, when William exhibited "A scene in Surrey' at the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts in Dublin in 1865, he gave his address as 187, Hampstead Road, London, not far from the St Pancras area once again. The reason for William's obscurity in the 1861 census may lie partially in his financial difficulties, as well as his frequent changes of address. In 1864, The Law Journal's list of impending bankruptcy proceedings included an entry for "Meadows, William George (known as William James Meadows), artist, of Old Kent Road, previously of Beal Road, Old Ford, previously of Wanstead Flats, Wanstead". A family source has revealed that William tried changing career not long afterward, when he became the landlord of The Black Bull Inn in Fyfield in Essex on the 9th November 1866, and that he "gave an opening dinner there" on 29th November 1866. However, if William was trying to achieve financial stability by changing careers, the 1871 census would suggest that it was an unsuccessful interlude. In 1871 William was recorded under the name of William George but is identifiable as the same person by his age, place of birth, and the personal details of his wife. He no longer gave his profession as an artist, but as an "Eating Housekeeper", back in the East End of London and living at 200, High Street in Shoreditch. Two servants were living with the couple, but more unusually there was also another resident, whose occupation was listed as "bailiff in possession". The presence of a live-in bailiff, therefore, seems to suggest that William's financial difficulties were far from over. In addition to his financial woes, William’s marriage to Lydia also appears to have been a stormy affair. In 1867 in London she petitioned for a divorce from William, although she must have been initially reconciled to him as the couple was living together (with their bailiff!) in 1871. However in 1874, Lydia once again petitioned for a divorce and this time the separation was definitive, and Lydia moved to a separate address in Holborn where she was living at the time of the 1881 census as a "retired publican". William, meanwhile, married for a second time in Southwark in 1875, under the name of William George Meadows. His second wife, Helen Grace Higgs, was born in Tipperary in Ireland in about 1841. By the time of the 1881 census, the couple was lodging over a pub at 87, High Holborn in London, where William is recorded simply as "George Meadows, Landscape painter". In the 1891 census, the couple was lodging at The Green Dragon...
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1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Large 19th Century French Portrait of Lady with Roses & Smart Dress oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady French School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 34 x 29 inches canvas: 30 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sou...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Victorian landscape painting of the River Thames with horses watering
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very atmospheric scene of a horse and cart crossing the river Wey (a tributary of the river Thames) under a beautiful twilight sky. There is wonderful detail and light with the ar...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Historical oil painting of the surrender of Don Pedro De Valdez to Francis Drake
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
John Seymour Lucas RA British, (1849-1923) The Surrender of Don Pedro De Valdez to Sir Francis Drake Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1889 Image size: 19.5 inches x 30.5 inches Size including frame: 27 inches x 38 inches This fantastic historical scene by John Seymour Lucas depicts the surrender of Don Pedro De Valdez to Sir Francis Drake, aboard the Revenge during the Spanish Armada off Portland on 1 August, 1588. Don Pedro de Valdez was the commander of the Squadron of Andalusia and was on board the Nuestra Señora del Rosario when it was taken in action by Drake in the Revenge. A full sized version of this painting is held by the National Trust and can be found at Buckland Abbey, Devon. John Seymour Lucas was born in London on 21 December, 1849 to Henry and Elizabeth Lucas (née Seymour). He was the nephew of the portrait painter John Lucas and two of his children, Sydney Seymour...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique Breton Fishing Scene French Oil Painting on Canvas Fishermen & Women
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Breton Fisherfolk on the Shore French School, early 1900's signed with initials HB oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 15.5 x 20 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: ...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Huge Victorian Oil Painting by Famous Artist Portrait Country Girl in Harvest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Gleaner by Charles Sillem LIDDERDALE (British, 1831-1895) signed & dated 1890 oil painting on canvas, framed in what we believe to be the original frame framed: 51.5 x 37.5 inch...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Victorian Interior with Several Figures Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Victorian Interior English School, 19th century oil on board, framed behind glass hence photo reflection glare framed: 7 x 8.5 inches board: 4 x 5 inches inscribed verso provenan...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th Century genre landscape oil painting of three boys fishing on a river
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
William Bromley British, (1816-1890) Gone Fishing Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 13.5 inches x 17.5 inches Size including frame: 18.75 inches x 22.75 inches A picturesque genr...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Victorian Oil Painting Figures in Boat City River Scene Backwater
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tending the Boat English School, 19th century circle of William Joseph Julius Caesar Bond (British 1833-1928) oil on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 15 inches canvas: 12 x 10 inches prov...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique Scottish Highland Loch landscape, with sunlit streaming onto the water
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francis Jamieson was a painter in oil and watercolor of highland landscapes and coastal scenes. (The work of this highly prolific artist is curious since the oils and watercolors have two quite distinctive styles and subject matter. The oil paintings are most frequently seen and these are highland landscapes or loch scenes - sometimes they appear to be signed with pseudonyms such as 'W. Richards' and 'Phil Hips' - the location is usually inscribed on the reverse. The watercolors are often coastal scenes with boats and figures on a shore, painted in a more traditional Victorian style, and possibly pre-date the oils. F. E. Jamiesons's beach scenes were published as postcards around 1920 by G. Ajelli & Co. of London on a textured card to give the appearance of oils. Jamieson is known to have traveled widely in the South of England between the wars selling his work but does not appear to have exhibited.) This quote in parentheses is taken from Jeremy Wood's excellent book 'Hidden Talents - A Dictionary of Neglected Artists Working 1880-1950'. - Work by Francis Jamieson can be seen at the usual sites. Please note that on all these sites you will find F. E. Jamieson variously listed as Francis E. Jamieson, F.E.Jamieson, Frank E. Jamieson, Frederick E. Jamieson etc. You may also find some listings under his various pseudonyms of Arnould Pienne, Charles Maurice, Graham Williams...
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1910s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French 19th century, Lady looking at a jewel in an interior, South of France
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antoine Emile Plassan (1817-1903), a French painter of genre works, portraits and landscapes, was born in Bordeaux. He exhibited frequently at the Salon and was awarded medals in 185...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Carrots - Vibrant Orange Green Pop Art Garden Vegetables Minimalist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a...
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2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

19th Century genre oil painting of a woman in a garden with two girls
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
William Stephen Coleman British, (1829-1904) By the Fish Pond Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1898 Image size: 23 inches x 35 inches Size including frame: 30.25 inches x 42.25 inches A beautiful painting by William Stephen Coleman of a woman with two girls in a semi classical style by a Mediterranean pond. The woman is depicted resting on a terrace with her young daughter asleep on her lap, whilst another child catches goldfish in a bowl. This tour de force would have most likely been painted by Coleman as an exhibition piece. William Stephen Coleman was a figurative painter who was born in Horsham in 1829. He was one of 12 children born to a physician named William Thomas Coleman and his wife Henrietta (née Dendy). Three of his siblings Rebecca Coleman (b1837), Helen Cordelia Angell (1847–1884) and George Coleman also became artists, inheriting their artistic talent from their mother’s side of the family. Coleman developed an interest in nature from an early age, producing drawings as a hobby. Despite his ability, he initially followed in his father’s footsteps and trained as a surgeon. However, this proved unsuccessful and by the age of 21 he had turned back to art, later gaining employment with the Dalziel Brothers, a firm of wood engravers who specialised in natural history illustrations. Sometime during the late 1850’s he moved to London where he married his first wife Henrietta Augusta Boultbee in 1858. Around the same time, he began producing illustrations for books; the first of which was entitled ‘Common Objects of the Country’ and published in 1858. He subsequently published two of his own books ‘Our Woodlands. Heaths, and Hedges’ in 1859 and ‘British Butterflies’ in 1860. After the death of his wife in 1860, his sister Rebecca and brother George went to live with him in Garway Road, Paddington. Rebecca would often assist him with the wood blocks for his illustrations. As well as working as an engraver, he also began producing classically influenced paintings featuring figures in landscapes. Initially these were executed in watercolours but later extended to oil paintings. He began exhibiting at the Dudley Gallery in 1865 and was one of the original committee members. He continued to exhibit there until 1879 and was a committee member up until 1881. By 1869, he had also begun to work on pottery decoration and in 1871 was asked by Minton’s to establish an Art Pottery Studio at Kensington Gore. Whilst at Minton’s, he produced figure designs for their ceramic ware. His sister Rebecca also worked at Minton’s and they moved to Belle Vue in Chelsea to be closer to the studio. From 1881, he lived at 3 St John’s Wood Studios, Queens Terrace in Paddington and in 1888 moved to 43 Broadhurst Gardens in Hampstead. In 1893 one of his classically inspired works ‘The Gold Fish Bowl...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

From Here to There by Jim Seitz, Horizontal Landscape Painting with Gold Leaf
Located in Atlanta, GA
'From Here to There' is a large acrylic and gold leaf on canvas landscape painting of horizontal format created by American artist Jim Seitz in 2023. Featuring a gold, grey, peach and blue palette, the painting gives great importance to the sky and clouds. The lower part of the composition is occupied by the golden presence of the ground, accented by a luminous ray that leads our eye to a path snaking through the horizon. Unframed, this horizontal landscape painting is signed lower right. Jim Seitz was born in Chicago and currently resides in Louisiana. He grew up in Texas and graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He began showing talent and love for art as a young child, becoming more serious during his college years. During the time he worked for the university, providing medical illustrations for the Science Department, He has traveled extensively throughout his life, living for several years in the Middle East, before moving to South East Asia. His travel experiences have included everything from cave explorations in the mountains of Iran to working in the jungles of New Guinea and Borneo. His preferred medium during that time was ink and watercolor, as it was easy to transport to and from remote locations. While influenced by various 19th century landscape artists, Jim has developed a unique technique characterized by tonal, minimalist representation of his subject matter. Through this approach, less becomes more. His appreciation for color and his creative perspective lend to pieces that are traditional, moving to abstract. His utilization of gold leaf applied over heavy textured canvas and then glazed with multiple layers of acrylics provides an effect that is quickly becoming this artist’s signature style. Jim’s work...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

19th Century genre oil painting of two gentlemen in a garden
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Frank Moss Bennett British, (1874-1952) In the Garden Oil on panel, signed & dated 1917 Image size: 11 inches x 13.5 inches Size including frame: 20 inches x 22.5 inches A charming genre scene of two gentlemen in 18th century costume in a garden by Frank Moss Bennett. The men drink wine and eat fruit at a linen covered table...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Rosa Picante - Vibrant Pink Green Southwest Inspired Pop Art Cactus Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a...
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2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Desert Rose - Vibrant Southwest Inspired Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a...
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2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

English Victorian 19th century Harvesting landscape with figures having lunch
Located in Woodbury, CT
A well painted and good quality English Victorian landscape. Dingle was a painter of landscape scenes from the middle of the 19th century. He often painted people going about their d...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Huge Victorian Signed Oil Two Figures Chatting Rural Landscape with Logs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pausing for Conversation by William Yates (British, second half 19th century) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 32 inches provenance: private collection, England condition:...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Woodman's Family in a Landscape - British 1869 Victorian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian oil painting is by Edward Charles Williams of the Williams Family of artists and related to George Morland. The painting is a figurative landscape entitled the Woodman's family and entails five figures and a dog gathered around a tree that the Woodman is tackling with his axe. The painting is signed and indistinctly dated (only visible with ultra violent light) lower left, the date being 1869. For me, the highlight of the painting is the artistry and attention to detail with which Williams has portrayed the light on the trees above and the exquisite colouring of the leaves. There are even two birds finely depicted in the tree foliage. Signed and indistinctly dated 1869 lower left (only visible under ultraviolet light). Provenance. Berkshire estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, image size is 40 inches by 36 inches and in good condition. Housed in a complementary frame. Framed size is 48 inches by 44 inches and in good condition. Edward Charles Williams (London 10 July 1807 – 25 July 1881) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian Era, and a member of the Williams family of painters. He was the eldest son of the painter Edward Williams (1781–1855) and Ann Hildebrandt (c.1780–1851), and a member of the Williams family of painters, who were related to such famous artists as James Ward RA and George Morland. His father was a well-known landscape artist, who taught him how to paint; otherwise he received no formal instruction. He adopted much of his father's style and technique, and like the other painters of his family, he devoted himself to landscapes, producing rich and tranquil views of Barnes, Cumberland, Kent, Surrey and the Thames. His paintings are now highly sought after. Williams married his first wife Mary Ann Challenger on 11 December 1839 in Westminster. Mary Ann died in 1857 in London, and his only child Alice Williams was born shortly afterwards to Sarah Susannah Horley, who had been Mary Ann's nurse – Edward and Sarah did not marry for another 10 years until 3 October 3, 1868, when they wed at the St. Pancras Old Church in Camden, London. He largely stopped painting after the 1859 death of his second wife, adding value to the small number of paintings that he did produce from 1859 on − Springer in the Bracken, The Lap Dog, The Ploughman's walk home, The Ducks at Tilbury and Primrose at St Mary's (Primrose was the Verger's Cat). Some suggest that he suffered a breakdown after his wife's death, given his choice of subjects in these later years. The location of three of these post-1859 works are unknown, and they are assumed lost during two world wars. He signed some of his work as E Williams, which leads to confusion with his father, who painted in a similar style, and at times he signed as C Williams to purposely avoid such confusion. Because many of the paintings of both father and son are unsigned, it can be difficult to correctly attribute their work. Edward Charles also collaborated on several paintings with William Shayer, where Williams would paint the landscape, and Shayer would add in figures and animals; his Near Wantage, Berkshire is a good example. He died 25 July 1881 at Shepherds Bush in London and is buried with Sarah Horley and their daughter Alice in Hammersmith Old Cemetery, close to other family graves. Edward Charles Williams was born into an artist family that is sometimes referred to as the Barnes School. His father and five surviving brothers were all noted landscape painters during the Victorian era. Three of the sons of Edward Williams changed their last names to protect the identity of their art. Edward Williams (father) Henry John Boddington, George Augustus Williams, Arthur Gilbert, Sidney Richard Percy, Alfred Walter Williams.
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

English Victorian 19th century portrait of a brown and white Spaniel dog
By George Earl
Located in Woodbury, CT
George Earl was a painter, primarily of sporting dogs and other animals. He was also the father of Maud Earl and Percy Earl, and the brother of Thomas Earl, all three of whom were al...
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine large Victorian Signed English Oil Figures Entering Country Churchyard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The English Country Churchyard by James Rudd (English 1821-1906) signed & dated 1889 oil on canvas, framed framed: 28.5 x 41 inches painting: 24 x 36 inches provenance: private colle...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Cardinals & Explorer Discussing Maps Grand Elaborate Interior Antique Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Studying the Maps Italian School, late 19th century signed lower corner watercolour on board, framed framed: 24.5 x 17.5 inches painting: 20.5 x 14 inches provenance: private collect...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Antique Victorian, Impressionist 19th century English oil, Fishings boat at Sea
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian, Impressionist 19th century English oil, Fishings boat at Sea. Adolphus Knell was a superb painter of marine subjects during the middle of the 19th century. His w...
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1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Antique 19th Century English Oil Painting Figures outside Country Cottage
By circle of John Constable
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Cottage English School, first half 19th century circle of John Constable oil on board, framed framed: 10.5 x 12 inches board: 6 x 8 inches provenance: private collection ...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Huge Victorian Signed Oil Painting Scottish Highland Loch Figure Admiring View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Admiring the View Figure standing and admiring the majestic Scottish loch scene before him. Joseph Knight (1837-1909) British signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, framed canv...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pair of Framed Chinese Emperor and Empress Reverse Glass Paintings
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Immerse yourself in the regal allure of Chinese history with this captivating pair of framed reverse glass paintings depicting a Chinese Emperor and Empress...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Glass

1830's English Oil Storm Clouds Norfolk Landscape Norwich Cathedral River Yare
By (Circle of) John Constable
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Storm Clouds over the River Yare *see notes below English School, circa 1830's circle of John Constable (English 1776-187) oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 18 x 25 inches condi...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American or English marine , ship in a rough sea at Night with lightning
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to James Edward Buttersworth Hailing from what is now the northwest of Greater London, Buttersworth came from an artistic family. His father, Thomas Buttersworth, Jr., wa...
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th century Fall English landscape with figures on a path in the highlands
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Autumn/Fall landscape by one of Englands finest landscape painters. Born as Benjamin Williams, the artist added the surname Leader (his Father’s middle name) to distingui...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine 1870's French Portrait of Man with Moustache Possibly Self Portrait Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man with Moustache believed to be a self portrait of the artist French School, circa 1870's oil on canvas, framed framed: 20.5 x 17 inches canvas: 18 x 15 inches proven...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century genre oil painting of a woman spinning wool
By Jonathan Pratt
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Jonathan Pratt British, (1835-1911) Spinning Wool Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 12 inches x 17.75 inches Size including frame: 17.25 inches x 23 inches A pleasing genre paintin...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Scottish Interior - Scottish 19th century Victorian art interior oil painting
By George Hay
Located in London, GB
A fine Scottish Victorian interior scene by George Hay RSA. A very vibrant stunning Scottish historical interior painting which dates to about 1870. It depicts two women curtsying...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Welsh landscape oil painting of figures by the River Glaslyn
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
David Bates British, (1840-1921) Early Morning on the Glaslyn Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1895, further inscribed verso Image size: 23.25 inches x 35.25 inches Size including fra...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century genre oil painting of a gentleman asleep at a table
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Hermann Armin Kern Hungarian (1839-1912) Siesta Oil on panel, signed, with wax seal to reverse Image size: 18.25 inches x 12.25 inches Size including frame: 23.75 inches x 17.75 inc...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

19th Century genre landscape oil painting of two Italian women near a vineyard
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Karel Frans Philippeau Dutch, (1825-1897) Home from the Vineyard Oil on panel, signed & dated 1867 with old label verso Image size: 11.25 inches x 15.25 inches Size including frame...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Antique English Dog Painting Portrait of Border Terrier framed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Border Terrier by Leonard Richard Finn (British, b. 1891) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 20 inches canvas: 20 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition:...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Coastal Landscape - British Victorian art marine oil painting France boats
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian coastal oil painting is by noted artist Thomas Eyre Macklin. It was painted in 1882 and the location is France. The composition is fisherman in the foreground around upturned boats on grass. A couple of ladies are sat on the grass over looking the sea, one with a sun umbrella. Beyond is the sea or harbour with buildings, including one with a French flag, on the land across the water and the cliffs of the headland. The detail and brushwork are superb as are the vibrant greens of the grass and red roofs. This is a lovely 19th century figurative coastal landscape and an excellent example of Macklin's work. Signed Thomas Eyre Macklin and dated (18)82 lower left. Provenance. Sussex collection. Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 21 inches by 11 inches. In good condition. Housed in a gilt gallery frame which compliments the picture, 25 inches by 15 inches framed and In good condition. Thomas Eyre Macklin RBA (1863-1943) was a British painter in oils and watercolour, illustrator, sculptor and designer of monuments, who signed his works T. Eyre Macklin or T.E. Macklin. After a promising career at various art schools, including the Royal Academy, in the late 19th century Macklin produced Romantic black-and-white illustrations for books, numerous landscapes, figurative paintings and civic portraits, all of which came to the attention of local newspapers in his native Newcastle upon Tyne. In the 20th century he concentrated on Art Deco monuments and other sculpture, his best-known works being the South African War Memorial in Newcastle, the Bangor Memorial, County Down, and the Land Wars Memorial at Auckland, New Zealand. According to Macklin, his ancestors were from County Donegal. He was the son of John Eyre Macklin, a soldier, journalist and landscape painter; both were Newcastle-born. Macklin married writer Alice Martha Alys Philpott and they had one child, but she later petitioned for divorce on the grounds of infidelity. He had bouts of illness during later life and died in Devon in 1943. Encouraged by his father, Macklin showed a remarkable aptitude for drawing from childhood, and devoted himself to art from the age of ten, being one of W. Cosens Way's students at the Newcastle School of Art, where he was one of the most successful pupils ... On one occasion he carried off the four head prizes of the year. Macklin was selling his pictures by the age of thirtee. In 1884 he moved from Newcastle to London to sketch antiques at the British Museum, and trained at Calderon's Art School until c.1887. After that, he studied at John Dawson Watson...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Set of 4 Hunting Scenes British Oil Paintings Signed - 4 x original paintings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of Four (4) Hunting Scenes British School, 20th century signed Hallard 4 x oil on board, framed inscribed verso each framed: 8.5 x 6.5 inches each board: 7.5 x 5.5 inches proven...
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20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th century Antique European portrait, young boy seated with book by landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful portrait of a young boy seated in his room looking out over the expansive landscape. Painted circa 1840 this piece has all the style of middle European art. French, Swis...
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1840s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

19th Century genre oil painting of a soldier collecting his daughter from school
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Andre-Henri Dargelas French, (1828-1906) Villa du Connetable, Ecouen Oil on panel, signed Image size: 21.75 inches x 17.5 inches Size including frame: 28.5 inches x 24.25 inches Provenance: Alexander Gallery, Bristol A finely painted genre scene depicting a soldier collecting his daughter from school at the Villa Du Connétable in Ecouen. The soldier, wearing his order of the légion d'honneur, walks with his daughter past a boy with dogs as other parents and school children follow behind. The ‘Villa Du Connétable’ or The Constable’s Villa was the local name for the historic Château d'Écouen. Dargelas lived at Ecouen so would have known the building and area well. Originally a fortress inherited by Anne de Montmorency, the Grand Constable and Commander of the French Army, it was rebuilt by him as a much grander property in 1539. It remained in the Montmorency family until 1632 when it passed to the Bourbon-Conde family. Like many estates owned by the aristocracy, it was confiscated by the state during the French Revolution. In 1806, Napoleon Bonaparte gave it to the Legion d’Honneur and it became a school for the daughters of the chevaliers of the order. Although it was returned to the Conde family after the restoration of Louis XVII, it was re-established as a school for the Legion d’Honneur in 1850 by Napoleon II. In 1862, the château was declared a Monument historique. It remained as a school until 1962 and in 1969 become the home of the collection of Renaissance art of the Cluny Museum. It opened as the French National Museum of the Renaissance in 1977. Andre-Henri Dargelas was a genre painter born in Bordeaux, France on 11 October, 1828 to Jean Baptiste Dargelas and Jeanne Virginie Mimandre. In 1854, he left his home to study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where he became a pupil of François Edouard Picot (1786-1868). He lived at 49, Rue d’Hauteville, from where he made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1857. He continued to exhibit at the Salon over the years, receiving a number of medals and honourable mentions. At some point during the early 1860’s, Dargelas moved to Sarcelles, a commune in Northern Paris. By this time, he had begun specialising in paintings of children in a naturalistic style at play. Many of his paintings featured school children, with some set outside against architectural backdrops, such as this fine example. His paintings proved highly popular with collectors in Paris as well as in London and New York. On 10 February 1866, he married Catherine Etienne Gabrielle Duverger. His wife was the daughter of the artist Théophile Emmanuel Duverger...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

The Gossip - Scottish 19thC art Victorian oil painting young romantic couple
By William Fettes Douglas
Located in London, GB
A fine Victorian Scottish genre oil on canvas painting which dates to 1868 and is titled The Gossip by famous Scottish artist William Fettes Douglas RSA. It is a stunning depiction o...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Grand Canal Venice Antique 1910 Signed Oil Painting on Canvas Many Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Shipping on the Grand Canal, Venice signed & dated 1910 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 13 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, Europe condition: basic good condition though w...
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1910s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

A Bustling Town Scene
Located in St. Albans, GB
William Shayer Senior Oil on Canvas. Signed bottom right Canvas Size: 30 x 40" (76 x 102cm) Outside Frame Size: 39 x 49" (99 x 125cm) 1787-1879 William Shayer was born in Southam...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th century English Victorian oil landscape with figures, a stream and trees
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry John Boddington. 19th century English landscape with figures by a riverside. Simply one of the finest quality English landscape Ive ever had the pleasure of owning . This i...
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Traditional English Oil Country Cottage Children Playing in Lane & Chickens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Lane by Les Parsons (British b. 1945) * see below signed oil on canvas, framed in swept gilt frame. framed: 15.5 x 19.5 inches canvas: 12 x 16...
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20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Floating in pink II - figurative painting, landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful minimalist round figurative painting by Ana is from her latest body of works. It is acrylic on canvas, 60 cm in diameter and comes signed dated along with a certificat...
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2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Huge Victorian Oil Painting Bonne Nuit Bay Jersey Coastal Scene Signed 1872
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Bonne Nuit Bay, Jersey" by James Vivien de Fleury (British 1847-1902) *see below signed and dated 1872 lower right corner oil painting on canvas: 20 x 36 inch...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century Cornish/ Devon Fishing Cottages & Family Coastal Landscape Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Fisherfolk English School, 19th centurysigned oil on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 23 inches painting: 12 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: very good ...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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